YOKED TOGETHER WITH JESUS

A YOKE IS A WOODEN CROSSPIECE FASTENED OVER THE NECK OF TWO ANIMALS AND ATTACHED TO A PLOW OR CART. A YOKE ALL E TWO ANIMALS TO SHARE A LOAD AND PULL TOGETHER . YOKES WERE USED IN THE BIBLE TIMES WITH BULLS OR OXEN TO PLOW FIELDS AND PULL WAGONS . THE ANIMALS YOKED TOGETHER NEEDED TO BE CLOSE IN SIZE  AND WEIGHT FOR THE CART OR PLOW TO PULL.PEOPLE IN JESUS DAY READILY UNDERSTOOD ANALOGIES USING A YOKE. THEY KNEW WHAT JESUS MEANT WHEN HE SAID, COME TO ME , ALL YOU WHO ARE WEARY AND BURDENED , AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST. TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU AND LEARN FROM ME, FOR I AM GENTLE AND HUMBLE IN HEART. AND YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.FOR MY TOKE IS EASY AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHT.